Sasheer Zamata on SNL, Being Witchy, and Ghostly Encounters

Broad Ideas with Rachel Bilson & Olivia Allen

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Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Actress Sasheer Zamata (SNL, Agatha All Along ) talks to Rachel and Olivia about her audition process with SNL, her ghostly encounters in New Orleans and her new Disney Plus series, Agatha All Along. They also discuss being witchy, and how the moon can bring forth positive energy.

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:05.6	Welcome to broad ideas.
0:09.5	Olivia's eating a cookie.
0:11.9	One of the vegan gluten-free cookies I bake.
0:14.7	Today we have Sashir Zamada.
0:17.5	She is on Agatha.
0:19.8	Agatha all along. Agatha all along. And she's got a podcast.
0:24.6	She's a podcast. She was on SNL. Best friends with Nicole Byer. Yep. I see a lot of Nicole
0:30.6	Byer. Breyer loves Nailed It. I love Nailed It too. It's fun. Do you watch Is It Cake?
0:36.4	Of course. We do. We just finished the new season.
0:39.9	Okay, let's get into the interview.
0:42.3	Sometimes when the world feels insane, you can take a little peek inside of Rachel's little brain.
0:55.0	All these thoughts are swirling, round and round inside,
1:00.0	to join us on this journey as we take a little ride.
1:06.0	We'll talk about dogs and kids and things.
1:09.0	We'll talk about chicks and tampon strings. We'll talk about boys that make you cry. We'll talk about death because people die.
1:20.0	Hi. Hi.
1:22.2	Thank you so much for being here with us. Yeah. Thanks for having me. So excited to meet you.
1:26.9	Yes, nice to meet you too.
1:28.1	And just to talk everything, you're just very impressive. I'm just going to put it out there.
1:34.1	I appreciate that. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah, I'm watching you for years. I mean, on SNL. Yeah.
1:40.4	We watch it every single weekend. Oh, nice. Yeah. She does. Always have. It's true. Yeah. Yeah. It's a longstanding show. You're like, you're the only one. It's still happening. Still going. How many years were you on? I was on four, three seasons, or four, four seasons. Yeah. Three and a half years from like 2014 at 2017.
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